Martyrs and tricksters : an ethnography of the Egyptian revolution / Walter Armbrust.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armbrust, Walter, Author.

Series:

Princeton studies in Muslim politics.

Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Egypt.

Revolutions.

Egypt--History--Protests, 2011-2013.

Egypt.

Egypt--Politics and government--2011-.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 311 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An important look at the hopeful rise and tragic defeat of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering in the most brutal and corrupt regime in modern Egyptian history. How was the passage from utmost euphoria into abject despair experienced, not only by those committed to revolutionary change, but also by people indifferent or even hostile to the revolution? In Martyrs and Tricksters, anthropologist and Cairo resident Walter Armbrust explores the revolution through the lens of liminality-initially a communal fellowship, where everything seemed possible, transformed into a devastating limbo with no exit. To make sense of events, Armbrust looks at the martyrs, trickster media personalities, public spaces, contested narratives, historical allusions, and factional struggles during this chaotic time.Armbrust shows that while martyrs became the primary symbols of mobilization, no one took seriously enough the emergence of political tricksters. Tricksters appeared in media-not the vaunted social media of a "Facebook revolution" but television-and they paved the way for the rise of Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi. In the end Egypt became a global political vanguard, but not in the way the revolutionaries intended. What initially appeared as the gateway to an age of revolution has transformed the world over into the age of the trickster.Delving into how Egyptians moved from unprecedented exhilaration to confusion and massacre, Martyrs and Tricksters is a powerful cultural biography of a tragic revolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Time Line

The "Last Day of the Revolution"?

Chapter 1. Introduction Revolution as Liminal Crisis

Prelude My Eighteen Days

Chapter 2. The Material Frame

Chapter 3. The Martyrological Frame

Chapter 4. The Disputed Grievability of Sally Zahran

Chapter 5. Martyr Milestones

Chapter 6. The Poor First

Chapter 7. Copts and Salafis Dueling YouTube Videos on the Edge of a Precipice

Chapter 8. Scripting a Massacre

Chapter 9. The Trickster in Midan al-' Abbasiyya

Chapter 10. A New Normal? The Iron Fist and the False Promise

Postscript. Zizo's Suicide Letter

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691197517

0691197512

OCLC:

1103319828